Creating a vc domain group – HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software User Manual
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Description
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VC Domain is unlocked for domain, network,
and storage changes through the Virtual
Connect Manager. After completing the
domain network and storage changes, you
must confirm the new VC Domain
configuration in VCEM. VCEM operations
related to this VC domain or to VC Domain
Group, such as create profile, move profile,
profile failover, and so on, are blocked while
the VC Domain is under maintenance.
Under maintenance
To display the properties for a particular VC Domain Group, such as status, MAC range type, WWN range
type, domain names, and server profiles, click the group name.
From the VC Domain Groups page, you can perform the following actions:
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Create a VC Domain Group
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Maintaining a VC Domain
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Cancel VC Domain Maintenance task
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Upgrade Firmware Mode
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Delete a VC Domain Group
Creating a VC Domain Group
IMPORTANT:
This VCEM operation does not provide a reference to the VC Domain from HP SIM. To access
this reference, you must correlate the HP SIM and Virtual Connect logs. For more information, see
VCEM operations in HP SIM and Virtual Connect logs
.
To manage multienclosure VC Domains in VCEM, you must perform the following steps before you create
a VC Domain Group or add a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group:
1.
Log in to Virtual Connect Manager.
2.
Find and import a local enclosure, and then select the appropriate Double-dense option.
3.
Skip the Network and Fibre Channel configuration wizards, and then navigate directly to the VC Domain
user interface.
4.
Find and import the necessary remote enclosures in the correct order through Virtual Connect Manager.
5.
Go to HP SIM and perform a manual discovery on Onboard Administrator IP address of all released
VC Domain enclosures.
VCEM cannot manage a VC Domain that has one or more FC modules in an Incompatible state.
The FC module can become incompatible in the following situations:
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An HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC module replaces an HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FC module.
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An HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FC module replaces a HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC module.
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If HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FC modules and HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC modules share the
same IO bay slice. (For example, a HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC module in IO Bay 3 and a HP Virtual
Connect 8Gb 24-port FC module in IO Bay 4).
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In a multienclosure VC Domain, if there are mixed HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC modules and HP Virtual
Connect 8Gb 24-port FC modules in the same IO bay from different enclosures. (For example, 4Gb
FC modules in the local enclosure, but 8Gb FC modules in the remote enclosures.)
To create a VC Domain Group:
1.
Click New....
(Optional) If the enclosures related to the selected VC Domains are not licensed to VCEM, then the
License page appears below the VC Domain Group list. (For more information, see
.) Otherwise, the Create VC Domain Group appears below the VC Domain Group list.
2.
(Optional) You can provide a new name for the unconfigured VC Domains. Valid VC Domain Group
names are alphanumeric, hyphens (-), underscore (_), and cannot exceed 64 characters.
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Managing VC Domain Groups